Unit Manufacturing Processes: Issues and Opportunities in Research (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780309051927)

Manufacturing, reduced to its simplest form, involves the sequencing of product forms through a number of different processes. Each individual step, known as an unit manufacturing process, can be viewed as the fundamental building block of a nation's manufacturing capability. A committee of the National Research Council has prepared a report to help define national priorities for research in unit processes. It contains an organizing framework for unit process families, criteria for determining the criticality of a process or manufacturing technology, examples of research opportunities, and a prioritized list of enabling technologies that can lead to the manufacture of products of superior quality at competitive costs. The study was performed under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation and the Defense Department's Manufacturing Technology Program.

Author: National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sci,Board on Manufacturing and Engineering D
ISBN-10: 0309051924
ISBN-13: 9780309051927
Publisher: National Academies Press
Language: English
Published: 02/03/1995
Pages: 228
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.99w x 0.60d